NGC 2070 - Tarantula Nebula
NGC 2070 - Tarantula Nebula |
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Object data of NGC2070 |
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| Object type: | emission nebula | |
| Size: | 40' | |
| Magnitude: | 5.0 mag | |
| Constellation: | Dor | |
| Distance: | 160,000 Ly | |
| Notes: | The Tarantula Nebula is a HII region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is an extremely luminous non-stellar object. | |
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Exposure data |
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| Date: | 2014-02-20 + 2014-02-21 + 2014-02-22 | |
| Location: | Hacienda Los Andes / Chile (1100m) | |
| Telescope: | Astro-Physics 175mm f/8 Starfire EDF with f/8.3 CCD field flattener | |
| Camera: | FLI PL29050 with Astrodon filters | |
| Binning: | L 1x1 / RGB 1x1 | |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO | |
| Exposure time: | L 20x8m / R 6x8m / G 6x8m / B 6x8m | |
| Exposure time total: | 5h04m | |
| Notes: | Image acquisition by CEDIC
team (Christoph Kaltseis, Bernhard Hubl, Wolfgang Leitner and Herbert
Walter) Image processing by Christoph Kaltseis |
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